Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The centenary or Carr Maria Won N'"N+ D
birth was generally celebrated throughout
German and \ stria. Al Fuln, near Lu-
b ok, his native place, m nument N hou.I
~ the great comp ser WAS Inaugurateo WIN
much soemulty.
WILLIAM II. WARNER, a Connecticut MUIR
derer ana suicide. left a document or erihg
that his body shou'd be hclu for one week
y ter his surpassed death, and mat ne oe
buried face downward, al OF Wnlch uiFeC-
lions were re lgousB observed by me- lrleh"S'
THE Marquis Of Qucensberry, who is being
sued for divorce, once prop So to suD-Iltute
in the marriag ritual of the English Chu Oh
for the words "Whom God hatn joined to-
-eiher let no man put asundeT the W"Tus
| Wv HON the government or nature may pu,,
a-under let no man attempt TO keep logeIHer'
DURING The Christmas recess Senator henna
shot big bear in the mountains OF west VIZ
glnid, VIII CHI he sent to Secretary Bay ara
Did you cut it?' the Senator recently asked
of MI. Bayard. "Of course did, answered
he Secretary. II must con esq h nov
that Ike II best when 1t is cold. Inc coIu
bear meat made splendid sandwiches"
Mr.. PARNELL. as reported, has not been i'll
during the past few months. He has stood IN
the back gFound, like Mr.. Gladstone, and re-
fused to commuur ate on politics even with
his Friends. But he IS keenlv alive 10 the
Uo' ement of British politics ana always,
Notwithstanding his silence, can be depended
on TO turn up at the oprortune moment
PROF. JOHN R. Pr JCroR. geologist of Ken
lucky, pre- gr at Unugs for Bowling
Green, in that State, which ne claims Is IN
every way tie exact coa4ter{art of sheffield,
\ a.. i far as its ne arness Il o II coal and iron
supply and W ter and rpi ara usportatlon are
concerned. He says more lsHu9ugh good IRON
near towing Green to supply el4ty furnaces
for 200 years.
A LETTER from the capital OF Corea to the
New orK Post says that the Kings winter
palace has been newly finished and furnlshe'
with American furni'u e costing $4,000. He
h : s'ito bought of the American Trading
Company Il lie eamrr at a cost OF $2o, 900.
so the world move, and COTea with 1t. In q
ew weeks many rvsld ntI Will be burning
Cores coal. Resources are beginning 10 de-
We Up.
RUSSIAN GEoGRAPuERs report that numer-
Gus lakes in iberia, chiefly IN the Tobisk and
TomsK provinces are rapidly drying up, and
that villages Row st nd on spots covered b.
eX ensIve shee of water leo wears ago Lake
TCheDalky has shown the mos remarkable
change, its area being 35l square nile II =
tury ago, While it now con lists of three sma
ponds, the largest not covering more Than hYe
OF six square miles.
THE Nice France Times, printed In Eng
fish, is The protested organ of the Eng lsh
colony in that fashionable city. In ITS last
1 sue'it makes tn" following announcement
"A marriage which utter sts the American
co unY ia Nice is about to take place. The
YOU lady Is a Mss J--s, niece of Airs.
C--k, and the happy nance is a Mr.. VIII.
All the parties are well-known IN american
society AT Nice" II 80 weli-known why con
ceal the names under q series OF dashes?
JAMES PIERCE. of Shady Grove La, saw
bear tracks in a swamp on his farm. ana a
party was organized to hunt the bear. While
the men and dogs we're in the swamp Mr..
Pierce walked through the fields adjacent
Unarmed. Suddenly big hear came tearing
nut Of the swamp. Pierce knew II would gel
away if not turned back, so he seized cieb
and chased bruin back and forth through the
6eds, whacklng him well meanwhile, until
the animal at length turned to the swamp
again, where 1t " as shot and Killed.
1T VIII hardly be accorded to ex-surgeon
General Hammond that he has benefited hu-
mainly by his verdict relative to one effect OF
the use of cocaine. Husbands who have been
in the habit of using it for infiuenza and ca
tarr al troubles will prohab no longer keep
il in the house since DR.. Hammond says: "A
woman who had not spoken for nine mont hs
began to talk within four minutes after | mad
injected fonr grains. and in ten minutes she
alKed a rate hat made IN for lost time.
.othing could stop her" Under such cir
cumstances rs cocaine to be recommended?
REV. HENRY W. GEORGE, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, Kan,
one of the most prominent clergN men in the
city and State, is in trouble on account OF his
ondness for books, which has led him e.,
ia a great maav from a book store Of that
tity without troubling mself to pay for
them. There have been rumors for several
wears of such proceedings on his psrt, and
W it is "a hat Mr. George has been asked
10 res On. and that he has returned many OF
the boz KS which he took. His friends. and
t'eY are many, claim tnat he Is a kleptona-
MAC.
THE returns for Alsace of the census taken
Dec l Lass have been only just published.
The total population was 1.O74, $40, being an
Increase Of onlr $50 on the number of Eve
years before. There il an excess of p. 66' fe
males. against a similar excess of 20 757 t.
80, The population IF Ssrasburg was H.
81. being an i, crease of over 5000 within five
wears; Muihauseu So So GOih ar o. 5S7. Geb-
wcHer lg.SSs, these three Last towns are
practica ~ stationary. The population Of
Metz. exclusive of the garrison. was 81, or
eng an increase Of nearly 1900 within the
five years.
IT IS reported from ST. Petersburg that
Maj. Gen. Pusnkin and Natalie Countess on
Merenberg the chi SrssA o. the poet Pu-hkin,
| he copyright OF whose works expires during
| the present month, MADE an ineffec uaD at
| tempt to have extended in the = favor. The
| II ulster OF Publ destruction, Vi DelyanoG
dctua ly submitted their EDITION to the Car
| who. however, wrote on The margih: IRE
! jec ed, the petition being considered I'M
| proper" This decision will seeure to the
| works Of PusaEln AN enormous circulation
throughout Russ s., cheap edition being pre-
| pared by the society for the RELIEF of NEEDY
| Authors. with the cooper lion Of the ST
| Petersburg Ac DENY of sciences.
THIRTY EIGHT CASES of game shipped from
Port Mulgrave, n. s., and cons gneu to q Bos.
| ton firm marked frozen salmon,n and in.
| voiced as tur eys, geese. snipe chickens anC
| rabbits, were overhauled a st. Juhn, fouuo
contain partrl dyes, the export OF which j,
contrary u law and we're seized by the Ca a.
! dian Gu toms officer Then on the arr | OF
| ne box at Passport. an American custom.
| officer seized the game for beng falsely in.
| voiced and the Collector at Eastp ri took il in
| charge. The question NV is, no has a right
to he game? 1t was seized by a Canadlor
"fclal On board an American vessel in
seized IL in American waters. The game il
valued at SAP so, but won't be worth much if
u thaw sets IN before the case is settled.
TIE fashionable bonbon for the new wear in
Paris is generally chrstaned after SOM
prominent parsonage or t eatrcM success.
This winter. however, Paris has been so dun
that no topical title is forthcoming, and tho
couhsturs are obliged to fall back on NJ. SAr-
dou's furthc ming play. and name their new
sweets The CrOcodile.' Hostesse4 are get
ting rather weary OF bonbons, and instead ri
he tradit onal satin or velvet bag or boy
prefer some gift which can be utilized after
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